Chapter 830 Legal Department
Zhou Zhi’s approach is to do the opposite, taking advantage of the national trademark management department’s unfamiliarity with local products and names to register a conventional local name as his own proprietary trademark , if this mine is really planted for him, and he waits until the country's laws are improved before jumping out to file naming rights lawsuits with others, he might be able to grab a lot of "unjust gains", and at least it can create some advertising effects. .
Although the "snowflake powder" incident has not happened yet, my father discovered something wrong with it based on his intuition from many years of work.
You ordered bran vinegar, what should you do if you ask another vinegar factory? Therefore, the word "bran vinegar" can only be compared to a name like "qujiu". It does not have trademark attributes and cannot be used as a trademark alone.
Zhou Zhi spread his hands: "But we have already registered a trademark? If we want to cancel our trademark, this is an administrative dispute and requires administrative litigation and administrative reconsideration. It is no longer your father who has the final say. .”
Dad suddenly felt his scalp tightening, and then sneered: "Do you think you can win this lawsuit?"
Zhou Zhi smiled: "We don't need to win, we just need to let the people of the whole country win. Know this, discuss this, Even if you have to admit defeat in the end, you still get a gimmick of 'correcting under orders', so it's not too complete a defeat, right?"
"Ah, this..." Dad finally understood, this This guy obviously wants free advertising!
“I’ve thought about it, and there are actually many benefits to doing this.” Zhou Zhi said: “First we introduced ‘bran vinegar’, a unique vinegar-making process in Sichuan, and then we promoted our own products. , and thirdly, it also helps the country publicize the trademark law and improves the legal awareness of citizens, which serves multiple purposes. ”
"If there is no explicit prohibition in the law, it is permission." Zhou Zhi looked at his father and asked sincerely: "Dad, you are an old businessman. When the company does not violate laws and disciplines and operates normally, management Is it not possible for the department to interfere roughly with the normal activities of the company, including trademark application and use? ”
"Hmm..." This is the fine tradition of the old Zhou family. You can give in and take action, but you can't intimidate or induce. Dad thought for a moment: "If the law doesn't explicitly prohibit it, it means permission. It talks about the bottom line, not the upper limit. Otherwise If so, the law doesn’t prohibit you from dating several girls at the same time, so can you do this?”
Zhou Zhi was almost frightened to death, Jiang Shuyi also turned pale, daddy? What does this mean?
Hurry up and wave your hands: "Dad is right! The law is the bottom line, not the upper limit. Not only can we not violate the law, we can't violate morality!"
Dad said I can't control you. Expression: "So as an outstanding entrepreneur with a sense of social responsibility, you should consider the social impact and not let yourself become a negative example." ’, that’s the truth.”
“But when it comes to this matter, whether it can be done or not has nothing to do with morality.” Zhou Zhi said: “Then just follow the old man’s advice and feel for the stone. Crossing the river, let’s discuss this together under the framework of procedural law. I believe our director of legal affairs is very willing to discuss this issue with the government.”
"Wha... what director of the legal department?" Dad was a little numb: "Do you still have a legal department?"
"That is." Zhou Zhi nodded: "With the expansion of the scale of Saturday Niang Food Co., Ltd. As the company expanded, the company encountered more and more legal problems in various aspects such as finance, customers, business, and human resources recruitment. Comrade Wang Xiaojuan, the general manager of the company, decided to introduce professional talents and use their professional knowledge to handle specific legal issues for the company. Affairs."
"This It must be your idea again!" Dad said: "This is not a trivial matter! Do you know anyone who is retired from Jiachuan Court or Jiangyang Law Firm?"
“I said professionalism Talents are definitely professionals in the field. "Zhou Zhi said: "How come we don't know each other?"
"Why don't we know each other? What do you mean?”
"Dad, do you still remember Professor Lu who filed a lawsuit against cousin An Ran because he locked the security door outside his home and the fire brigade couldn't open it?"
"He..." Dad nodded, and then suddenly became frightened: "...him?!"
"Well, does it count as acquaintance without fighting?" Professor Lu is an expert in economic law at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. An authority on civil and economic law.
The lawsuit against my cousin directly led to the establishment of detailed national standards for security doors in China, and also made Jinan Group the rule maker of national standards for security doors in China. One, it instantly gained the status of industry leader.
But this was not the battle that made Professor Lu famous. Before that, he had already become famous in the industry because of the "penny lawsuit".
The cause of the incident was that a certain bank had a problem in calculating the number of reserved digits in its program, which resulted in the interest calculation for Professor Lu’s deposit being undercounted by one penny. Professor Lu’s request to the bank to upgrade the system was rejected, and he filed a lawsuit angrily. .
The bank was willing to give Professor Lu reasonable compensation when the lawsuit was filed, but Professor Lu disagreed and insisted on the bank reforming its system to prevent similar mistakes from harming other consumers.
The bank proposed that the possibility of such a calculation error is extremely small, and the harm is only causing the customer to lose a penny. In order to solve this problem, the bank needs to invest millions of funds, requesting the court Consider reasonable adjudication.
During the stalemate, this bank encountered a backlash from its peers. After the case attracted attention in the industry, the remaining major banks checked their own systems, and holy shit, they actually had the same problem!
So several major banks secretly upgraded their own systems, and then announced to the public that in line with a serious and responsible attitude toward depositors, each bank conducted surprise self-examinations and found that this problem had been properly solved during the previous upgrades. , the systems of our several banks are safe, reliable, and worthy of the trust of the majority of depositors.
Now that the defendant bank could no longer sustain its losses, it quickly admitted its defeat and upgraded its system in the shortest possible time.
Although it was not widely reported, this incident caused a sensation in the industry. Professor Lu's record of breaking off the entire banking industry for a penny and getting them all to upgrade their systems is legendary.
Having such a big shot as sister Xiaojuan'er's legal adviser, my father somewhat understood the weight of Zhou Zhi's words of "being willing to discuss corporate rights and interests with the government within the framework of procedural law."
The old man has been working hard to promote and call for the rule of law and administration according to the law all his life, and then he still takes it seriously. He is still a legal authority that cannot be beaten or scolded. It has a great influence and still makes sense. I am afraid this lawsuit will have to be pulled apart again. .
At this point, Dad was dumbfounded and looked for foreign aid: "Look, Lao Jiang, this is called hard wings..."
At this time, Zhou Zhi's pager rang. Zhou Zhi looked at the pager: "Hey, Xin Yi is here Call me, Shuyi, did you tell her we were back?"
Jiang Shuyi shook her head: "No?"
Zhou Zhi walked to the living room and dialed back the phone: "Hey Xin Yi... Well, we are back... now? Nothing happened, okay, just wait for me."
Hang up the phone , Zhou Zhi packed a bag of candies and snacks brought back from Hong Kong and Beijing: "Xin Yi asked me to go to her house."
(End of this chapter)